ZEC to embark on voters roll inspection ahead of delimitation
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will from Monday next week embark on a 10 day voter roll inspection ahead of the delimitation exercise.
In a notice, ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba said the voters’ roll will be at specific polling stations urging members of the public to take a keen interest in the process by coming out in large numbers to inspect the voters’ roll.
The inspection will run from 17 to 26 July 2022.
“It is hereby notified for general information that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall lay open the delimitation voters` roll for inspection by the public in accordance with Section 21 of the Electoral Act [Chapter: 13] as read with section 10(2) of the Electoral (Voter Registration) Regulations Statutory Instrument 85 of 2017. The purpose of the inspection of the voters` roll is to allow members of the public to check if their names are appearing on the voters` roll and to check if their details are correctly captured and if not, to correct such anomalies. The voters` roll will be polling station specific and available for inspection at the election centres during the period 17 to 26 July 2022 from 07:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs,” said Justice Chigumba.
She said the electorate must visit the polling station where they are registered to vote or alternatively they can check for their details online.
“The electorate is advised to visit polling stations where they are registered to vote to inspect the voters` roll. Alternatively, voters can check their details on the USSD platform by dialling *265# or the online platform, bvrinspection.zec.org.zw. Once all the corrections have been taken on board, the Commission will then produce the final voters` roll that will be used for the purpose of conducting the delimitation exercise.
Meanwhile, ZEC through Government Gazette, General Notice 1331E of 2022 and General Notice 1411C of 2022 published alterations made to the voters’ roll to correct errors contained.
In response, the Elections Resource Centre (ERC) commended the electoral body for the move and called on ZEC to consider addressing other voting related issues that stakeholders have raised pending the 2023 general elections.
“The ERC additionally takes this opportunity to note that the Commission is yet to avail to stakeholders the voters’ roll that closed on the 30 May 2022 as per General Notice 1147B of 2022 and calls on the Commission to avail the roll,” the statement reads.
General Notices amongst others addressed errors which included addresses found stated as “Unnamed” and “Unknown” which could not be verified.